Monday, October 29, 2012 11 AM Eastern Time On VoiceAmerica Business
Listen on Monday. Marching Out To Meet Change with Robert Egger: Visionary Founder, DC Central Kitchen
Robert Egger stood in the rain, serving food purchased at grocery stores to hungry people when it occurred to him: we can do this better. Since 1989 when Egger opened the nation's first community kitchen, DC Central Kitchen, the Kitchen has produced more than 23 million meals and helped more than 800 men and women gain full-time employment. A champion of the role that nonprofits play in communities, Egger has become one of the most influential leaders and humanitarians in the world on the subjects of hunger, sustainability, the non-profit sector and the future of America. Don't miss a conversation with this astonishing leader as host Kate Ebner catches him preparing to head west to LA to establish L.A. Kitchen, which this futurist envisions as the forefront of a new era of inclusion and health for elders. More Be inspired. Missed the Live Show?
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Rethinking the Old Advice with the help of computer scientist, blogger and author Cal Newport by Rachel Wold
Every once in a while, you hear the story of a veterinarian who discovered a love of animals while a young child, decided to become a vet, and never wavered from that path, eventually culminating in the fulfillment of her childhood dream. Ask how she became to be a veterinarian and she'll answer, "It's just always been my passion." That's nice...for the vet. But what about the rest of us whose passions may be more numerous, in flux, or elusive? How can we discover our one true passion and turn it into a career? The answer is to ignore your passions, according to Cal Newport, author of the recently released book So Good They Can't Ignore You. Cal has been studying the pathways of people with successful, fulfilling careers for almost a decade and the results of this investigation are surprising. After all, we've been hearing the advice "Follow your passion!" at every graduation ceremony we've attended since kindergarten. Cal found that factors surrounding working conditions, like feeling autonomy at one's job, were better determinants of people's career satisfaction than rather than the subject nature of the work itself. He claims that passion follows after cultivating a highly-developed and sought after skill set, not the other way around. In other words, you love your work more after you become good at it. He advises us to focus on building skills that make us valuable rather than pursuing an endless search for the perfect job. Cal Newport spoke with Kate Ebner on Visionary Leader, Extraordinary Life to explain and defend his radical argument on finding success at work. To listen to Kate and Cal's fascinating conversation, click .
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Do you ever wish you had Jack Donaghy's quick wit, distinguished gray hair and polished suits (not to mention that office view)? While we can't help you with that, Nancy Lamberton's latest post on Mentor-wise shows you a different way you can emulate this popular 30 Rock character and fictional business leader. Add Mentor-wise to your RSS feed.
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